Coppell Lions Club

News Release

On Monday February 19th, the Coppell Lions Club members celebrated their 40^th year of service to the community of Coppell, Texas.

Several past members and District 2-X1 officials attended this event. In attendance was past member and past Coppell resident Rebecca Boatman. She is believed to have been the first woman admitted into a Lions club after female membership became available in 1987. Lions Clubs International was the first international service club to admit women into their ranks.

Snacks and a commemorative cake were served. Former club members shared memories and a slide show was provided that showed many of the club’s service and fundraiser events. Each current club member received a 40^th anniversary club patch to add to their Lions vest.

Chartered by Lions Clubs International on May 12^th, 1983 the club has served the Coppell community by collecting and recycling used eyeglass, providing college scholarships to Coppell HS seniors, cleaning city parks and streets, sponsoring the Coppell Community Summit of our local service and religious organizations, providing grants for Coppell Parks and the Kid Country playground, conducting the annual Christmas Holiday food and toy drive, conducting free vision clinics and eyeglasses for Coppell students with vision issues, and sponsoring free attendance for physically handicapped and or diabetic youth campers to the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas.

            Other service contributions include teaming with the two Carrollton Lions clubs which together raised $100,000 needed to receive a Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) $100,000 matching grant to purchase a custom mobile food pantry which was donated to Metrocrest Services for food distribution into local area “food deserts”.

Lions Club’s mission is to Serve their community’s needs. LCIF’s mission is to empower local Lions Clubs to accomplish humanitarian service that would otherwise not be possible without the support of their monetary grants.

Coppell Community,

Join us in celebrating 40 years of Lionism. Come and go. Refreshments available. Discover the awesome ways the Lions Club have served Coppell since 1983. 

The Coppell Lions Club awarded its annual scholarship to Coppell High School Senior Tia Milton

at the CHS senior Awards Ceremony on May 23rd. Tia will attend Texas A&M University in the fall. 

The Coppell Lions Club scholarship is now in its 39th year.

The Coppell Lions Club will again be serving pancakes with a purpose when it hosts its 34th annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday February 8, from 7-11:00 a.m.

In addition to breakfast, the club will provide vision screenings and free diabetes testing. Carter Blood Care will provide an on site blood drive. We will have a raffle for our customers.

Tickets are $5 per person with a family maximum of $20.

The event will be held in Smart Hall of First United Methodist Church of Coppell 420 South Heartz Rd. 

The Coppell Lions Club 32^nd Annual Pancake Breakfast was held Saturday, February 10^th, in Smartt Hall at the First United Methodist Church in Coppell.  The event was a great success, with well over 600 tickets sold.  The breakfast featured pancakes, sausage, biscuits and gravy, and great coffee.  Lions handled the cooking, serving, clean up and hospitality, with help from the Coppell High School Leos.  The Leos are a high school based service club associated with the Lions.

The Carter Blood Bus was on hand to accept blood donations.  Carter BloodCare and the Coppell Lions have worked together on this blood drive for many years.  The Lions are delighted to help Carter stage the drive, especially during this unusually difficult flu season.

Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast go to fund Coppell Lions Club service projects, including their Holiday Food and Toy Drive, Scholarship Program, SPOT Vision Program, Pediatric Cancer Initiative and Diabetes Awareness Program.  The Coppell Lions also support the Texas Lions Camp, a summer camp for children with disabilities. 

“I’d like to thank all of our sponsors for helping us raise money to fund these very worthwhile service projects,” said Dan Madden, Coppell Lions Club President.  “A special thanks to Frost Bank Coppell, our lead sponsor.  As Lions, we also greatly appreciate everyone here in the Coppell community who contributes to our fund raisers.  With your help, we are able to make a positive difference.” 

For more information about the Coppell Lions Club, please visit our website, www.coppelllions.org, or find us on Facebook.